How Does Farmington Stack Up Against Similar Communities?

Connecticut Magazine has come out with its annual “Rating the Towns” list. The ratings, published in its November issue, group the state’s many communities by median home value, ranking towns that have similar resources.

The magazine explains that in the past, when they rated towns by population, a city like Bridgeport was being measured against a town like Greenwich, which in reality are two very different communities.

Towns were ranked on the following categories:

• Education
• Civic Engagement
• Economy
• Crime
• Leisure and Culture

Click here for a breakdown of how the magazine established the rankings for each category.

Now, how did Farmington fare when compared to similar towns? For starters, the town is grouped with communities where the median home value is $250,000 to $325,000, with that value being $280,100 for Farmington. A total of 38 towns made it into this category.

Here’s how Farmington was ranked in the following categories:

• Leisure and Culture: 5
• Economy: 3
• Crime: 37
• Civic Engagement: 30
• Education: 3

The magazine notes, “This group is laden with a number of affluent suburbs that are within a reasonable commute to some of the big cities, including Hartford and New Haven.”

Click here to read more about the rankings.

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